Discipline Notice - Roger E. Hawkes

License Number: 5173
Member Name: Roger E. Hawkes
Discipline Detail
Action: Suspension
Effective Date: 12/18/2025
RPC: 1.15A - Safeguarding Property
1.3 - Diligence
Discipline Notice: Hearing Officer's Decision
Disciplinary Board Order
Supreme Court Order
Description: Roger Edwin Hawkes (WSBA No. 5173, admitted 1973) of Sultan, WA, was suspended for 30 months, effective 12/18/2025, by order of the Washington Supreme Court. Sachia Stonefeld Powell acted as disciplinary counsel. Roger Edwin Hawkes represented themselves. Pilar L. Tirado Murray was the hearing officer.

The lawyer’s conduct violated the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.15A (Safeguarding Property) and 1.3 (Diligence).

The hearing officer recommended, and the court ordered, that Hawkes be suspended from the practice of law in Washington State for 30 months, with reinstatement conditioned on the payment of a restitution.

Roger Edwin Hawkes was found to have violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by: (1) holding a client’s former partner’s funds in trust for over two years in connection with a matter involving the distribution of assets from a committed intimate relationship, without providing a written annual accounting of those funds; (2) failing to deposit the funds into a separate interest-bearing trust account or a pooled interest-bearing trust account with appropriate sub-accounting; and (3) failing to promptly pay or deliver the funds to which the person was entitled for.

Decision documents: Hearing Officer’s Decision; Disciplinary Board Order Declining Sua Sponte Review and Adopting Hearing Officer’s Decision; and Washington Supreme Court Order.


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